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[Cindy] My friend was doing
legal work
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for Panama and for Noriega,
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and my friend said,
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"I think maybe
I could make a connection."
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I said, "Make the connection."
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Noriega was in the papers
all the time.
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He was involved
in drug running,
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and he was not beloved
by the United States...
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...but he was
a wonderful story.
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So I flew down
with a photographer
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from the New York Post.
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We arrived in pitch black,
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and soldiers with rifles
surrounded us,
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and I was terrified.
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They took us on a dark road--
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we didn't know
where we were--to Noriega.
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Most of the people
who come to him,
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cigar ashes are coming down
their shirt.
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They're fat guys,
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or they're gonna ask him
really tough questions.
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I don't even know
what to ask him.
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Where is Panama?
You go to Bermuda.
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You make a left.
Where the hell is Panama?
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What is he gonna do?
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Put me in jail?
What's he gonna do?
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He's gonna love me.
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It was the New York take
that he took to.
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[Noriega] Yeah.
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[interviewer]
You have a lot of sympathy
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for people
who are very controversial.
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Especially if I'm
getting a story.
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[laughs]
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[reporter]
It's hard to believe that,
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seven years ago,
this city faced bankruptcy.
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Everywhere there is the thump
of pneumatic drills,
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the whine of a dumper truck,
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a coppery smell
of quick money.
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[interviewee] In the 80s,
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there was a mood of excitement
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and energy coming back.
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[Auletta] Wall Street
had come back
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and was printing money
for the city.
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[Honerkamp]
You know, this was pre-AIDS.
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It was lots of fun
in New York.
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Everybody was fooling around.
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[Wayne] And that was
the beginning
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of the golden age
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of the gossip culture.
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The golden age, I tell you.
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[Honerkamp]
New York City was full
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of larger-than-life
personalities at that time.
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[Linda] Back then,
New York embraced characters.
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You went to a place
like Elaine's,
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there were newspaper editors,
there were TV journalists,
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there were famous actors,
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gangsters,
there were mafia members,
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there were politicians,
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and everybody would table-hop,
night after night,
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and that's how you got scoops.
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[Bobby] Gossip columnists.
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They need you
as much as you need them.
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I took a lot of people
to Elaine's.
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People like Lauren Bacall,
Clint Eastwood,
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and then I would call
a columnist.
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[Honerkamp] People
like Bobby Zarem,
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who had significant clients,
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wanted to drop a lead
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that they're gonna be
considered for a movie.
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Maybe they were,
maybe they weren't,
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but then
it would be on Page Six,
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and that made it seem
like they were.
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[Chandler] I don't think
that you can overestimate
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the power of columns
like Page Six in the '80s.
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You know, if you wanted
to get something out,
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you put it on Page Six.
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It was like having
a huge megaphone
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that the whole city could hear.
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[interviewer] As the editor
of Page Six
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in the New York Post,
he has the power
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to make and break the famous,
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the infamous, and the fabulous.
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I like to think
that we're sort of
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a mini-intelligence service,
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-you know...
-[interviewer] Yeah.
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And that all this information
is coming in,
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and we're keeping dossiers
on everyone, and--
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You're the J. Edgar Hoover
of New York.
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[Ben] Richard was kind of
a reserved guy.
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He was tall and handsome.
Didn't give a lot away.
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People got intimidated
by him sometimes,
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and they would just natter on
in his presence.
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His phone rang all day,
every day.
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The amount of information
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that does pour in
is pretty amazing.
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I think, if they're not trying
to promote themselves
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or something
that they're selling,
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then they're trying to,
you know,
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destroy an enemy
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or wound somebody
who they don't like.
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[Rush] Richard Johnson asked
if I'd help put out Page Six.
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Initially, I sort of
didn't want anyone to know
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I was doing this.
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I mean I had graduated
from the august
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Columbia University
Graduate School of Journalism.
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But the more time
I spent there, the more
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I would look forward
to going into work at Page Six.
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What I liked about it
was the marching orders
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that I presume Rupert Murdoch
had given the editors
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was that it should be less
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about trivial people
than power.
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[Ben] The gossip pages were
the most attractive part
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of the New York Post,
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and there's no question
that the gossip columns
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is what sold
the New York Post every day.
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[Cindy] In the early days,
they actually wanted me
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to take Page Six, and I said,
"I can't take Page Six.
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First of all,
it is written by committee,
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and the only thing I have
is a personality.
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If you like it, fine.
If you don't like it,
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also okay,
but that's what it is."
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[Rush] I think you come
to a Cindy column
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to see what Cindy thinks
about something
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and how she's going to say it.
She is a pro stylist.
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She has her own way
of arranging words on a page.
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[Arzt]
Well, it's very speedy.
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It's a New York
rat-a-tat-tat style.
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Very machine gun-like.
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[Rick] I have gotten chewed
out by clients
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by the way Cindy has reported
something that I was a part of.
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But she's gonna write it
in her style,
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which is a little snarky.
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[Cindy] I am totally New York.
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I write New York.
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I sound New York.
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You're not gonna read me
in Wichita, Kansas.
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What the hell do I care?
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I don't even know
where Wichita, Kansas, is.
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I was walking
along Park Avenue,
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and there was a great,
aged madam in furs,
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and she had a teeny,
teeny, teeny, little dachshund
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about 2 inches
above the cement.
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And she was bent down,
in her mammoth fur coat,
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and she was screaming at him,
"Don't you understand English?"
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To a German dog, and I thought,
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"That's only in New York,"
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and so I wrote about it.
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And then it became part
of the column.
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[whiplash]
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It's the largest
single broadcast station
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transaction in history.
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It's part
of an even bigger deal
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involving more than $2 billion
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and the sale of
seven Metro Media stations,
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including this one, Channel 5,
to media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
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Murdoch would have access
to almost 20 percent
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of the homes in America
that have TV sets,
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more than 15 million
of them altogether.
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[Chandler] Murdoch wanted
to buy a group of stations
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from a company
called Metro Media,
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which included stations
in New York,
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Boston, Chicago, LA.
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He was gonna launch
a fourth TV network
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to go up against NBC, ABC, CBS,
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and he was gonna call it
the Fox Network.
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[Arzt] But he had a problem.
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He could not own Metro Media
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if he was not a citizen.
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Hey, how are you?
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[Roger] After the election,
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Roy Cohn arranged
for Rupert Murdoch
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to meet the president
in the Oval Office.
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[Chandler] When Rupert Murdoch
rang the White House,
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they would say, "Oh, the owner
of the New York Post is on,"
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and the president
would get on the phone.
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It was important for Murdoch
to have a platform
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that had influence like that,
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because a lot of his businesses
are regulated
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by the federal government,
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so you know, it helped.
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[Arzt] Sure enough, Reagan
helped him out of this crisis
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and helped speed up
his citizenship.
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[proctor]
The Constitution and the laws.
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[all] The Constitution
and the laws.
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Reagan is the president
and a conservative
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who gets support
from the New York Post
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and knows that Murdoch
is a staunch ally.
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And so the Reagan
administration supports
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the new American citizen
to own 20th Century Fox
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and eventually Fox News.
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Look at the power
Murdoch's gotten
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because of the ownership
of things
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like the New York Post.
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There are some people
who are saying
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that it'll take you 20 years
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to get your Fox Network
on a par with the big three.
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Are you prepared
to wait that long?
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- Sure. I certainly intend
to live that long,
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but I don't believe
in the 20 years.
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-[Bryant] Why? What...
-It will certainly take us...
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-[Bryant] Are you predicting?
-...three or four years.
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It could be five years.
It depends
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whether we break through
in some big areas.
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You said the big three
are aping each other.
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What are you prepared to offer
that they aren't?
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Wait and see.
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pensive music
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I get this call saying,
"Come to New York.
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Mr. Murdoch wants to see you."
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So the next morning,
I met with Rupert.
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He was charming.
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He laid out this idea
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of this kind
of tabloid news show
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called A Current Affair.
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He said, "It's just going to be
a different news show.
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We're going to do stories
nobody else does."
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The Utah polygamist siege
ended today,
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and we're going to revisit
a polygamist family.
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It was a tabloid newspaper
translated into television.
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It got to the harder stories
pretty quick.
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Burt Reynolds kissed you.
Okay, sounds good.
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You know what?
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I'm not gonna interview
Burt Reynolds, Scott.
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I'm gonna interview you.
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[Maury] We found our stories
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from little newspapers
in small towns.
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We're chasing down the trail
of this Chippendale
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murder-for-hire plot,
and it's got a lot of elements.
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I mean, anytime you have
murder for hire,
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I mean
that's A Current Affair .
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[Maury] We believe
that you get eyeballs
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with classic Shakespearean
themes.
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-Love...lust...conflict
-Out!
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[Maury] Money...death.
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[reporter] Authorities dug up
not only Bert Montoya's body,
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but six other corpses as well.
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That's what tabloid journalism
is all about.
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[Chandler] We were looking
at stories
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that you wouldn't see
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on ABC, or CBS, or NBC.
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These were stories that they
would have put in the trash.
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I mean, they would have
ripped it off the wire,
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and it would have been
in the garbage.
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Just print that out,
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and just give me one
more track, and that'll be it.
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A Current Affair was staffed
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by a lot of journalists who'd
worked on Murdoch's newspapers.
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[Maury]
Steve Dunleavy came over
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from the New York Post,
where he was legend.
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[producer]
Give me a level, Steve.
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[Steve] The Quindoys lashed
out at Jackson's reputation
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as a pied piper of children.
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[Maury] He would call anybody,
go anywhere.
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He was the most indefatigable,
classic, tabloid reporter.
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[Auletta]
He was a Murdoch loyalist.
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He did for A Current Affair
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what he did
in the New York Post.
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Sensationalized, in-your-face
kind of stories.
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You wouldn't pose nude
for anyone?
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I would not pose nude
for anybody.
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Let me show you something.
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You have posed nude.
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[gasps]
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suspenseful music
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[Maury] Oh, boy, did
the legitimate news business
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go after us.
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I mean, I remember Tom Shales
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just skewered me in a column.
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He called me every S word
in the word.
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He called me smarmy,
and sleazy, and sordid.
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There were a lot of people
at Fox Television,
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including Barry Diller,
who was running Fox Studios
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at the time, who did not like
A Current Affair.
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So Rupert bankrolled it
out of his own pocket
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and not through
the Fox line items.
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I mean Rupert has this great
reputation as a gambler,
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and he gambled plenty
on this show.
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Our big break came less
than a year later.
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electronic music
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[narrator] Things just weren't
supposed to end that way.
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Not for Jennifer Levin.
Not for Robert Chambers.
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[Jeane] I distinctly remember.
It was 1986.
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I came home, I turned on
the TV, and here's this show,
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and they're talking
about real, live,
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like, New York City crime.
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Robert Chambers had killed
Jennifer Levin in Central Park.
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[Maury] It was
the Robert Chambers
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preppy murder
in New York Central Park
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where, during rough sex
with Robert Chambers
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and this woman, she died.
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And that was
a huge, huge story.
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And we followed that story
every single day.
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[Brennan] We did a reenactment.
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We just reenacted
the entire night.
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We used one of the copy boys
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and a girl
who worked on the staff.
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I was alternately fascinated
and appalled.
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Here they are, telling me
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a crime story
that's very tabloidesque.
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I mean the Post
was reporting
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on the story every day,
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but they're telling me
more than I can read.
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And they're making
these people real.
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In New York City, a new twist
to an already sensational case.
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Robert Chambers has been
sentenced to a maximum
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of 5 to 15 years in prison
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for killing Jennifer Levin
in Central Park.
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But her relatives tonight
are saying
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that he should be in prison
for the rest of his life,
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based on new evidence
suggesting
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that he felt no remorse.
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It is a home videotape
shot at a party
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that Chambers attended
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just before his trial
for the murder.
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[all] We all fall down!
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[Brennan] We came across
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this sick little piece
of video,
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this tape of Robert Chambers
with a couple of girls.
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He's screwing the head
on this doll,
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and he said,
"Oh, I killed her."
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- My name is...
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-Oops.
-[hysterical laughter]
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I think I killed her.
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[Brennan] We had to buy it off
this guy, but it was like
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"money in a brown paper bag"
kind of thing, you know.
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And it was
an amazing piece of tape.
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I mean, I really don't know
why everyone is so surprised.
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I mean here's a guy that was
able to murder Jennifer,
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go home,
take a shower, take a nap,
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and, you know--and now,
so he's making fun of it.
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I mean, this is just in keeping
with his character.
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It was a really sad story,
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but it certainly got
everybody's attention.
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That made A Current Affair.
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Hello, everyone.
I'm Maury Povich.
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Rupert syndicated
the entire show,
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coast to coast.
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That show became
the number one backer,
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financially, of the Fox
television network.
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[Brennan]
A Current Affair was
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Rupert's weapon
he kept in his back pocket.
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I think he wanted
to let Barry know that,
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"You're not the only one
who knows how to do TV."
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[Maury]
And then everybody copied us.
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Inside Edition.
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Hard Copy, a copycat
of A Current Affair.
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They started up.
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Drama. Lust. Crime.
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They started covering
those themes too.
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Our Cindy Adams is out
in the heart of Hollywood,
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where she's surrounded
by some visitors.
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Some out-of-towners,
it looks like, Cindy.
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Today, we're going to answer
the burning question,
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how do aliens make love?
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Cindy Adams also came over
from the New York Post.
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What do you wear
when you go to sleep, pajamas?
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Nothing.
I sleep in nothing.
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-[Cindy] Double bed?
-King size.
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-[Cindy] King size bed.
-Mm-hmm.
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Peter builds this set
and a throne
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and puts Cindy on the throne.
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As your hard-hitting,
thought-provoking, incisive,
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in-depth, thinking reporter,
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I am here to get
to the dark roots of it all.
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[interviewer] Why did they
build a throne for you?
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00:20:21,553 --> 00:20:23,103
Why not?
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00:20:23,138 --> 00:20:25,718
I was a smartass,
smart-mouth queen.
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00:20:26,183 --> 00:20:29,903
He said,
"You know, feed Cindy's ego.
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00:20:29,937 --> 00:20:31,687
Do it the way
she would love to do it,"
404
00:20:31,730 --> 00:20:33,400
and then she bought
right into it.
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00:20:36,109 --> 00:20:40,739
One of the people
I interviewed was Raquel Welch,
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00:20:40,781 --> 00:20:44,741
back in the days when she
was somebody, and she came in.
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00:20:44,785 --> 00:20:48,075
She didn't like the lighting.
She didn't like the studio.
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She didn't like her makeup.
She didn't like anything,
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00:20:51,041 --> 00:20:52,541
and she definitely
didn't like me.
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00:20:52,584 --> 00:20:55,714
Well, that's okay.
So she got on, and I said
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to her--I remember my very
first warm, fuzzy question.
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Would you say you're difficult?
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Um...
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[Cindy] Okay.
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00:21:08,433 --> 00:21:12,273
Just wondered if you thought
that you were an easy pussycat.
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00:21:12,312 --> 00:21:14,272
Do I think
I'm an easy pussycat?
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00:21:14,314 --> 00:21:16,614
I really don't--you know,
I don't have an answer
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00:21:16,650 --> 00:21:18,440
to that question,
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00:21:18,485 --> 00:21:20,775
but I'm...
this is not...finished.
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[Cindy] We didn't mean
to offend you.
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00:21:21,822 --> 00:21:23,572
I didn't mean to offend.
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00:21:23,615 --> 00:21:24,735
[Raquel] Somebody said to me,
"You're making a big mistake,
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because she's a barracuda."
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A barracuda?
Me? A barracuda?
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[interviewer]
She called you a barracuda.
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-Oh, she did?
-[interviewer] Uh-huh.
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00:21:34,334 --> 00:21:36,714
Oh, she might be right.
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00:21:36,753 --> 00:21:39,263
[laughs]
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00:21:39,298 --> 00:21:41,678
[interviewer] Was Cindy
difficult to work with?
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00:21:42,259 --> 00:21:45,719
There's no problem with Cindy
when you put her on a throne.
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00:21:45,762 --> 00:21:49,142
[laughs]
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She did a good job,
and she broke a lot of stories.
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00:21:54,855 --> 00:21:57,645
Our Cindy Adams has known
Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos
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for the better part
of 25 years.
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And Cindy's just back
from Hawaii
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00:22:02,154 --> 00:22:04,284
with this exclusive tonight.
Cindy?
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00:22:04,323 --> 00:22:05,623
Thank you, Maury.
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00:22:05,657 --> 00:22:08,117
Well, it's about
ten hours by jet
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00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:10,290
and a whole lifetime
away from Manila,
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00:22:10,329 --> 00:22:11,709
but life hasn't changed
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all that much
inside the Marcos compound.
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It's Mr. President,
and it's Madame First Lady.
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00:22:19,546 --> 00:22:21,796
I met Imelda Marcos
in Persepolis
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in 1971,
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00:22:26,595 --> 00:22:30,055
and we became friendly,
and I would visit her.
446
00:22:31,433 --> 00:22:34,903
I had schlepped over
to Downtown Manila.
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00:22:34,936 --> 00:22:36,686
gentle music
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00:22:36,730 --> 00:22:38,690
[interviewee] Imelda
and Ferdinand Marcos,
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00:22:38,732 --> 00:22:39,692
her husband--
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they fled the Philippines.
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00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:47,122
He was a ruthless
strongman dictator.
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00:22:47,157 --> 00:22:49,617
They had robbed and cheated
everywhere,
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00:22:49,659 --> 00:22:51,159
and Imelda was famous
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00:22:51,203 --> 00:22:55,123
for the thousands of pairs
of shoes she had.
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00:22:55,165 --> 00:22:56,625
[reporter]
A composed Imelda Marcos
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went into federal court
this morning
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to enter a not guilty plea
to the indictments
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which were filed against her
earlier this month.
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00:23:03,507 --> 00:23:05,467
[reporter] Mrs. Marcos
and her husband are charged
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with looting the Philippines
of at least $100 million.
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00:23:09,554 --> 00:23:11,564
That was a big story
at the time.
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00:23:11,598 --> 00:23:13,388
The Marcoses.
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00:23:14,101 --> 00:23:17,561
The next thing you know,
Imelda's on A Current Affair.
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[Cindy] Today, the Marcoses
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are residents
of the United States.
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00:23:22,776 --> 00:23:25,696
They feel the press here
has done them wrong.
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00:23:25,737 --> 00:23:27,947
They want to tell their story.
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00:23:28,490 --> 00:23:31,540
I didn't think that she had
done anything so wrong,
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00:23:31,576 --> 00:23:34,496
and with my mentality,
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if she had done
something wrong, so what?
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00:23:37,666 --> 00:23:40,876
You know,
she's one of my friends.
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00:23:40,919 --> 00:23:43,089
It's Cindy testing.
It's Cindy testing.
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[reporter] The former
first lady of the Philippines
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made a bizarre entrance
in federal court yesterday.
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00:24:03,483 --> 00:24:05,363
She seemed to be dressed more
for a summer ball,
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00:24:05,402 --> 00:24:07,402
in the Halloween chill.
477
00:24:07,446 --> 00:24:09,276
[reporter] Mrs. Marcos spoke
to the Post's Cindy Adams
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about why she wore
her national dress,
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00:24:11,825 --> 00:24:13,945
a low-cut gown,
to her arraignment on Monday.
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00:24:13,994 --> 00:24:15,334
Her answer?
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00:24:41,813 --> 00:24:43,193
[lawyer] Well, I think that--
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00:24:47,819 --> 00:24:50,739
dramatic music
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00:24:50,780 --> 00:24:55,830
484
00:24:55,869 --> 00:24:57,249
[Ben] Cindy has not covered
Imelda
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00:24:57,287 --> 00:24:59,157
particularly critically.
I would suggest
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00:24:59,206 --> 00:25:01,166
that Imelda is someone who
should be covered critically,
487
00:25:01,208 --> 00:25:03,338
and we shouldn't necessarily
take her word for anything,
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00:25:03,376 --> 00:25:06,296
but Cindy is cozy
with those kinds of people.
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00:25:06,338 --> 00:25:10,178
490
00:25:10,217 --> 00:25:12,837
[Rick] I don't know what it is
about authoritarians
491
00:25:12,886 --> 00:25:15,256
that Cindy loves,
but she's got a lot of--
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00:25:15,305 --> 00:25:18,305
the biggest ones
are her friends.
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00:25:18,350 --> 00:25:20,020
[Chandler] That kind of
turned out to be
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00:25:20,060 --> 00:25:22,350
the secret of Cindy's success.
495
00:25:22,395 --> 00:25:25,975
She had relationships
with a lot of people.
496
00:25:26,024 --> 00:25:27,864
The more controversial
the better,
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00:25:27,901 --> 00:25:31,361
as far as Cindy was concerned.
She loved controversial people.
498
00:25:31,571 --> 00:25:35,031
Look, when there's
a front-page story
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00:25:35,075 --> 00:25:36,905
about a bad person,
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00:25:36,952 --> 00:25:38,912
every single day,
there are stories
501
00:25:38,954 --> 00:25:40,294
about how bad they are,
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00:25:40,330 --> 00:25:41,580
how they should go to jail,
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00:25:41,623 --> 00:25:42,923
how they should be killed,
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00:25:42,958 --> 00:25:45,498
get rid of them,
they're awful,
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00:25:45,544 --> 00:25:47,964
when you're going to get
the opportunity
506
00:25:48,004 --> 00:25:49,804
to talk to them,
507
00:25:49,839 --> 00:25:53,179
the only shot you have
is to do the other side.
508
00:25:53,218 --> 00:25:55,508
You can't do the same thing
that the papers are doing
509
00:25:55,554 --> 00:25:57,314
every day,
510
00:25:57,347 --> 00:25:59,807
so of course
I would be nice to them.
511
00:25:59,849 --> 00:26:01,689
It's the only way
I could get a story.
512
00:26:02,519 --> 00:26:03,899
I'll tell you one thing.
513
00:26:03,937 --> 00:26:05,647
You've gotten thinner
through this trial.
514
00:26:05,689 --> 00:26:08,019
[laughs]
515
00:26:08,066 --> 00:26:10,396
She's sympathetic.
She's loyal,
516
00:26:10,443 --> 00:26:14,243
whether it's Imelda
or any of these people
517
00:26:14,281 --> 00:26:16,581
who we consider
less than savory.
518
00:26:16,616 --> 00:26:18,326
Everyone may not like them,
519
00:26:18,368 --> 00:26:21,078
but that's what gossip
is about.
520
00:26:21,121 --> 00:26:24,081
They are the people
who make news,
521
00:26:24,124 --> 00:26:27,424
and she's trying to make news.
522
00:26:27,460 --> 00:26:31,920
Those were my friends,
at that point.
523
00:26:31,965 --> 00:26:33,755
I didn't know
the nice little kids.
524
00:26:35,051 --> 00:26:37,141
I knew these people,
525
00:26:37,178 --> 00:26:39,968
so you have to talk
to these people.
526
00:26:40,015 --> 00:26:42,885
bright orchestral music
527
00:26:42,934 --> 00:26:47,814
528
00:26:49,399 --> 00:26:52,859
Roy Cohn gave a dinner party
one night.
529
00:26:52,902 --> 00:26:55,662
It was a small dinner,
maybe 20 people.
530
00:26:55,697 --> 00:26:58,277
Four or five of us at a table.
531
00:26:58,325 --> 00:27:01,235
And there's this guy
next to me,
532
00:27:01,286 --> 00:27:03,576
and I said to him,
"Who are you?"
533
00:27:03,622 --> 00:27:07,582
And he said,
"My name is Donald Trump."
534
00:27:07,626 --> 00:27:11,546
So I said, "Okay,
so what's a Donald Trump?"
535
00:27:11,588 --> 00:27:13,798
Standing behind him
was Roy Cohn,
536
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:15,470
and Roy Cohn said,
537
00:27:15,508 --> 00:27:17,968
"One day, this kid
538
00:27:18,011 --> 00:27:20,931
is going to own New York."
539
00:27:20,972 --> 00:27:22,562
I present to you...
540
00:27:22,599 --> 00:27:24,479
[reporter] He's been called
a master builder,
541
00:27:24,517 --> 00:27:27,267
a man of vision
and great creative powers.
542
00:27:27,312 --> 00:27:29,232
He's also been called
an egomaniac,
543
00:27:29,272 --> 00:27:31,152
a ruthless
and dangerous figure.
544
00:27:31,191 --> 00:27:32,821
Which is going to be
spectacular,
545
00:27:32,859 --> 00:27:34,279
something that New York
has never seen,
546
00:27:34,319 --> 00:27:36,029
with elevators on the outside,
and atriums,
547
00:27:36,071 --> 00:27:38,321
and the largest ballroom
in the city.
548
00:27:38,365 --> 00:27:39,985
[reporter] He is Donald Trump,
549
00:27:40,033 --> 00:27:42,623
New York's
controversial developer.
550
00:27:42,661 --> 00:27:45,711
551
00:27:45,747 --> 00:27:47,417
[Ben] Donald Trump always
wanted to be famous,
552
00:27:47,457 --> 00:27:49,127
and how you become famous
in New York City
553
00:27:49,167 --> 00:27:51,287
is you get
in the gossip columns.
554
00:27:51,336 --> 00:27:53,666
In the 1980s,
he used to pretend
555
00:27:53,713 --> 00:27:56,383
to be his own spokesman
called John Barron,
556
00:27:56,424 --> 00:27:58,804
so John Barron would call up
the papers and plant items
557
00:27:58,843 --> 00:28:00,353
about what a great guy
Donald Trump was.
558
00:28:00,387 --> 00:28:01,757
And of course,
559
00:28:01,805 --> 00:28:03,005
you would be speaking
to Donald Trump himself.
560
00:28:12,190 --> 00:28:13,400
[Greenberg] Okay.
561
00:28:13,441 --> 00:28:15,861
One day,
I played my voice messages,
562
00:28:15,902 --> 00:28:18,782
and it was like, "Hello, Linda.
This is John Smith.
563
00:28:18,822 --> 00:28:21,322
Donald Trump
is being surrounded by models
564
00:28:21,366 --> 00:28:23,986
at the restaurant,"
and I just--beep.
565
00:28:24,035 --> 00:28:26,495
Delete. My brother said,
"Is that not a scoop?"
566
00:28:26,538 --> 00:28:28,788
I said,
"It's him with a fake voice."
567
00:28:36,131 --> 00:28:38,171
And he's the one
who says fake news.
568
00:28:38,216 --> 00:28:40,216
He was always
creating fake news.
569
00:28:40,677 --> 00:28:42,217
[Auletta]
Most prominent people,
570
00:28:42,262 --> 00:28:44,102
if a gossip reporter
calls 'em,
571
00:28:44,139 --> 00:28:46,389
they don't respond.
They don't answer the call.
572
00:28:46,433 --> 00:28:48,733
Donald had
the opposite approach.
573
00:28:48,768 --> 00:28:50,188
"I'm gonna talk to them."
574
00:28:50,228 --> 00:28:52,358
He would always get
on the phone.
575
00:28:52,397 --> 00:28:54,267
He was always
promoting something.
576
00:28:54,315 --> 00:28:57,435
Anything to advance his cause.
577
00:28:57,485 --> 00:29:00,195
sinister music
578
00:29:00,238 --> 00:29:03,578
Trump had been schooled
by Roy Cohn
579
00:29:03,616 --> 00:29:06,076
in the art
of manipulating tabloids.
580
00:29:06,119 --> 00:29:08,119
[Auletta] And what did he
learn from Roy Cohn?
581
00:29:08,163 --> 00:29:11,923
Attack.
Never admit you're wrong.
582
00:29:11,958 --> 00:29:13,958
Leak to the press.
583
00:29:14,002 --> 00:29:16,922
Have your friends, particularly
in the gossip press,
584
00:29:16,963 --> 00:29:19,723
and everything'll be fine.
585
00:29:19,758 --> 00:29:21,928
[reporter]
Developer Donald Trump says
586
00:29:21,968 --> 00:29:24,388
he's now built the world's
tallest concrete skyscraper.
587
00:29:26,139 --> 00:29:28,389
[reporter] The 59-story
building is located
588
00:29:28,433 --> 00:29:31,103
at Fifth Avenue
and 57th Street.
589
00:29:31,144 --> 00:29:34,194
18 of the floors are retail
and commercial space,
590
00:29:34,230 --> 00:29:36,360
with 38 floors occupied
591
00:29:36,399 --> 00:29:40,069
by some 266
luxury condominiums.
592
00:29:41,738 --> 00:29:43,568
[Cuozzo]
When he built Trump Tower,
593
00:29:43,615 --> 00:29:45,695
he was
such a master self-promoter.
594
00:29:45,742 --> 00:29:48,242
He would say some celebrity
was interested
595
00:29:48,286 --> 00:29:51,406
in buying an apartment
in his building.
596
00:29:51,456 --> 00:29:52,826
[interviewer] Tell us
a little bit about the people
597
00:29:52,874 --> 00:29:54,544
and what's happening
in the building.
598
00:29:54,584 --> 00:29:56,214
Well, I can say,
and as you know,
599
00:29:56,252 --> 00:29:57,672
and as we discussed,
600
00:29:57,712 --> 00:29:59,422
I can't talk about
the people going in,
601
00:29:59,464 --> 00:30:00,924
but I think we have probably
the most exceptional group
602
00:30:00,965 --> 00:30:03,005
of people
going into any single building
603
00:30:03,051 --> 00:30:06,141
that's really--
that's ever happened.
604
00:30:06,888 --> 00:30:09,348
[reporter] Speculation
that the Princess of Wales
605
00:30:09,390 --> 00:30:12,270
didn't just fly to America
for a weekend with friends
606
00:30:12,310 --> 00:30:13,600
have been raised
with press reports
607
00:30:13,645 --> 00:30:15,855
from the United States.
608
00:30:15,897 --> 00:30:18,187
The press reports claim
the Princess wants to move
609
00:30:18,233 --> 00:30:21,363
to the famous Trump Tower,
saying she met with the owner,
610
00:30:21,402 --> 00:30:22,992
millionaire developer
Donald Trump,
611
00:30:23,029 --> 00:30:25,569
to discuss the purchase.
612
00:30:25,615 --> 00:30:27,735
[Cindy] I would do whatever
Donald told me,
613
00:30:27,784 --> 00:30:30,624
but I didn't say she did move.
614
00:30:30,662 --> 00:30:33,872
I said she was maybe going to.
615
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:39,670
There are all sorts of ways
to do it.
616
00:30:39,712 --> 00:30:43,472
You use "It is rumored that,"
617
00:30:43,508 --> 00:30:45,548
you say "There's word that,"
618
00:30:46,719 --> 00:30:50,599
"What you're hearing people
whisper about is,"
619
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,600
or the famous word alleged.
620
00:30:53,643 --> 00:30:57,483
"It is alleged. It is alleged.
621
00:30:57,522 --> 00:30:59,442
It is alleged."
622
00:31:00,984 --> 00:31:03,194
And then you can get away
with anything.
623
00:31:09,951 --> 00:31:11,701
Probably just missed
Flo Anthony.
624
00:31:11,744 --> 00:31:14,044
Page Six.
625
00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:18,170
[Rush] People talked to us
because they had an agenda.
626
00:31:18,209 --> 00:31:20,589
Now, you know, we're not naive.
627
00:31:20,628 --> 00:31:23,258
We know we are being used.
628
00:31:23,298 --> 00:31:24,878
We're all playing
the same game.
629
00:31:24,924 --> 00:31:26,514
I'll scratch your back.
You scratch mine, right?
630
00:31:26,551 --> 00:31:27,891
I know this about you.
631
00:31:27,927 --> 00:31:29,507
I won't print it
632
00:31:29,554 --> 00:31:31,014
if you promise
to give me something.
633
00:31:31,055 --> 00:31:32,345
Another story down the road.
634
00:31:32,390 --> 00:31:33,980
A quid pro quo.
635
00:31:34,017 --> 00:31:35,727
Favor trading,
636
00:31:35,768 --> 00:31:38,018
the same as it's been
since time immemorial.
637
00:31:38,062 --> 00:31:40,732
What are you gonna do for me?
That's the lifeblood of gossip.
638
00:31:40,773 --> 00:31:43,403
There was an old press agent
639
00:31:43,443 --> 00:31:46,913
named Sy Presten who had
really low-grade clients.
640
00:31:47,780 --> 00:31:49,240
Chock Full o' Nuts,
641
00:31:49,282 --> 00:31:52,122
and The Gym Source,
and Nirvana restaurant.
642
00:31:52,410 --> 00:31:56,080
So Sy would go out
and try to scare up gossip,
643
00:31:56,122 --> 00:31:58,082
and he would give you tips,
644
00:31:58,124 --> 00:32:00,254
and they would have nothing
to do with his clients.
645
00:32:00,293 --> 00:32:02,593
But if he landed two items
646
00:32:02,629 --> 00:32:04,759
that had nothing to do
with his clients,
647
00:32:04,797 --> 00:32:08,887
then, in the old gossip rule,
you owed him an item.
648
00:32:08,927 --> 00:32:11,757
bouncing electronic music
649
00:32:11,804 --> 00:32:13,604
650
00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:16,140
And that's why, in Page Six,
you often saw items
651
00:32:16,184 --> 00:32:17,944
that were odd,
like some celebrity
652
00:32:17,977 --> 00:32:20,267
ordered gym equipment
from The Gym Source.
653
00:32:20,313 --> 00:32:25,443
654
00:32:25,485 --> 00:32:28,775
So sometimes, the gossip world
was about favor trading
655
00:32:28,821 --> 00:32:30,111
and access,
656
00:32:30,156 --> 00:32:32,826
but it was also
about settling scores.
657
00:32:35,036 --> 00:32:36,956
And Rupert Murdoch knew
658
00:32:36,996 --> 00:32:39,786
how to play the gossip game
as well as anyone.
659
00:32:41,751 --> 00:32:44,131
[Rush]
Frequently, the gossip column
660
00:32:44,170 --> 00:32:46,920
is kind of the SWAT team
661
00:32:46,965 --> 00:32:50,125
for the publisher
to besmirch a rival
662
00:32:50,176 --> 00:32:53,216
or extract
some kind of vengeance.
663
00:32:53,262 --> 00:32:55,892
There was a kind of payback
664
00:32:55,932 --> 00:32:59,642
that, you know, Page Six
could be used for.
665
00:32:59,686 --> 00:33:01,806
[bell rings]
666
00:33:01,854 --> 00:33:05,944
tranquil music
667
00:33:05,984 --> 00:33:08,904
In the 1980s,
the New York Post
668
00:33:08,945 --> 00:33:10,815
was in a terrible feud
with Paul Newman.
669
00:33:10,863 --> 00:33:12,823
670
00:33:12,865 --> 00:33:15,325
Basically, Paul Newman's name
was banned from the paper,
671
00:33:15,368 --> 00:33:17,198
unless it was negative.
672
00:33:17,495 --> 00:33:21,415
[Rush] He had made a crack
about the New York Post.
673
00:33:23,209 --> 00:33:25,339
At the time,
it had been reported
674
00:33:25,378 --> 00:33:28,128
that he was 6 feet tall,
675
00:33:28,172 --> 00:33:30,512
and somebody told Page Six
676
00:33:30,550 --> 00:33:32,720
that he couldn't possibly be
that height,
677
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:37,600
and so Richard Johnson made it
his business to disprove
678
00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:40,180
that Paul Newman was as tall
as people thought he was.
679
00:33:40,226 --> 00:33:45,186
680
00:33:49,027 --> 00:33:51,197
And then there was Ted Kennedy.
681
00:33:53,156 --> 00:33:54,946
[Chandler]
Kennedy despised Murdoch
682
00:33:54,991 --> 00:33:57,871
because the Post
was very, very critical of him.
683
00:33:59,037 --> 00:34:01,117
[Rush] Clearly,
he was staunchly liberal,
684
00:34:01,164 --> 00:34:03,964
and his politics conflicted
685
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,500
with those
of the New York Post,
686
00:34:06,544 --> 00:34:09,304
and so that, you know,
made him fair game.
687
00:34:09,338 --> 00:34:12,218
melancholy music
688
00:34:12,258 --> 00:34:15,218
689
00:34:15,261 --> 00:34:18,721
- The paper just
creamed Kennedy.
690
00:34:18,765 --> 00:34:21,595
- You could not write enough
negative stories about him.
691
00:34:24,896 --> 00:34:27,726
Anything about Ted's partying
692
00:34:27,774 --> 00:34:30,074
or horn-dogging
was to be pursued.
693
00:34:30,109 --> 00:34:32,859
694
00:34:32,904 --> 00:34:34,534
[reporter] Michele Cassone,
695
00:34:34,572 --> 00:34:36,912
a cookie-sized daughter
of a Connecticut baker,
696
00:34:36,949 --> 00:34:38,369
reported that senator
697
00:34:38,409 --> 00:34:40,699
Ted Kennedy
wandered throughout a party
698
00:34:40,745 --> 00:34:42,575
without the benefit
of his pants.
699
00:34:42,622 --> 00:34:43,962
No pants?
700
00:34:43,998 --> 00:34:46,378
No pants.
701
00:34:46,417 --> 00:34:48,667
Murdoch also owned
Boston Herald at the time,
702
00:34:48,711 --> 00:34:51,461
which, of course,
is Ted Kennedy's home ground.
703
00:34:52,632 --> 00:34:55,302
We had a columnist up there
called Howie Carr
704
00:34:55,343 --> 00:34:58,303
who would write stuff
about Ted in every column.
705
00:35:00,473 --> 00:35:02,103
You know, fat, fat Ted.
706
00:35:04,143 --> 00:35:05,273
[reporter] For more
than a decade,
707
00:35:05,311 --> 00:35:07,111
media mogul Rupert Murdoch
708
00:35:07,146 --> 00:35:09,436
has fashioned
the Post in the sassy,
709
00:35:09,482 --> 00:35:11,442
impudent style
that is the trademark
710
00:35:11,484 --> 00:35:13,784
of his tabloids
in Australia and London.
711
00:35:13,820 --> 00:35:16,360
But Murdoch's expanding
empire ran afoul
712
00:35:16,405 --> 00:35:18,445
of Massachusetts senator
Ted Kennedy.
713
00:35:18,491 --> 00:35:21,451
There was a law on the books
in the United States
714
00:35:21,494 --> 00:35:24,874
that you could not own
a television station
715
00:35:24,914 --> 00:35:27,584
and a newspaper
in the same city.
716
00:35:27,625 --> 00:35:28,785
[reporter] Murdoch had
an exemption,
717
00:35:28,835 --> 00:35:29,955
until his archenemy,
718
00:35:30,002 --> 00:35:32,302
Senator Edward Kennedy,
killed it.
719
00:35:32,338 --> 00:35:34,418
Mr. Murdoch was well aware
of the law
720
00:35:34,465 --> 00:35:36,335
when he acquired
his television stations
721
00:35:36,384 --> 00:35:38,684
in Boston and New York.
722
00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:42,099
He had a choice then,
and he has a choice now.
723
00:35:42,140 --> 00:35:44,230
He can keep his newspaper,
724
00:35:44,267 --> 00:35:46,687
or he can keep
his broadcasting station,
725
00:35:46,727 --> 00:35:48,647
but he can't keep them both.
726
00:35:48,938 --> 00:35:50,358
[Chandler] So you either had
to give up the paper
727
00:35:50,398 --> 00:35:52,018
or give up the TV stations.
728
00:35:52,066 --> 00:35:53,686
He obviously wasn't gonna
give up the TV stations,
729
00:35:53,734 --> 00:35:55,784
because he'd just bought them,
730
00:35:55,820 --> 00:35:59,450
so he was forced to sell
the New York Post.
731
00:35:59,490 --> 00:36:02,620
Now, the FCC has given Murdoch
until March 6th
732
00:36:02,660 --> 00:36:04,250
to sell the New York Post,
733
00:36:04,287 --> 00:36:06,457
but Murdoch says that
he can't find a buyer
734
00:36:06,497 --> 00:36:08,827
for the money-losing newspaper,
so it may fold.
735
00:36:08,875 --> 00:36:11,085
[Cuozzo] We had a lot
of people
736
00:36:11,127 --> 00:36:13,667
walking through the office,
and sort of kicking the tires,
737
00:36:13,713 --> 00:36:16,473
and looking around,
for months on end.
738
00:36:16,507 --> 00:36:18,797
And none of them had the least
real interest in
739
00:36:18,843 --> 00:36:21,103
or ability to buy
the New York Post.
740
00:36:21,137 --> 00:36:22,507
[buyer]
Is this the last Post ?
741
00:36:22,555 --> 00:36:26,015
[seller] No. It will not be.
742
00:36:26,058 --> 00:36:27,188
It's about the end
of this, huh?
743
00:36:27,226 --> 00:36:28,436
[seller] Oh, no.
744
00:36:28,477 --> 00:36:30,687
There was
a "Save the Post" rally
745
00:36:30,730 --> 00:36:32,270
out in front of the building,
on South Street.
746
00:36:32,315 --> 00:36:33,815
Save our jobs.
We got families.
747
00:36:33,858 --> 00:36:35,438
That's right.
748
00:36:35,484 --> 00:36:36,904
[Cuozzo] All the guys there
from the unions
749
00:36:36,944 --> 00:36:38,494
and everybody afraid that,
you know,
750
00:36:38,529 --> 00:36:41,779
this great institution
would disappear for good,
751
00:36:41,824 --> 00:36:44,044
and it went right down
to the wire.
752
00:36:44,076 --> 00:36:46,196
[reporter] If the New York
Post had died this morning,
753
00:36:46,245 --> 00:36:48,615
doubtless, some editor
would have invented a headline
754
00:36:48,664 --> 00:36:51,754
that said, "Post publisher
pulverizes paper."
755
00:36:52,126 --> 00:36:54,546
Instead,
a much more upbeat banner,
756
00:36:54,587 --> 00:36:57,337
in typical tabloid typeface.
757
00:36:57,381 --> 00:36:59,591
758
00:36:59,634 --> 00:37:02,354
[Cuozzo]
Rupert found Peter Calico,
759
00:37:02,386 --> 00:37:05,096
a prominent real estate
developer, and very wealthy,
760
00:37:05,139 --> 00:37:07,019
and good friend
of Donald Trump.
761
00:37:07,558 --> 00:37:10,768
He had no media background
or experience,
762
00:37:10,811 --> 00:37:14,521
but he wanted the Post.
His intentions were good.
763
00:37:15,024 --> 00:37:17,074
[Rupert] I'm very happy
to be able to announce...
764
00:37:17,109 --> 00:37:19,239
[reporter] Owner
Rupert Murdoch proclaimed
765
00:37:19,278 --> 00:37:21,658
the paper's salvation
at two o'clock this morning.
766
00:37:21,697 --> 00:37:23,617
It's good to be in business.
767
00:37:25,534 --> 00:37:28,584
[Chandler] In New York,
Murdoch sold the newspaper.
768
00:37:28,955 --> 00:37:31,365
In Boston though, he decided,
769
00:37:31,415 --> 00:37:33,125
because he was so upset
with Kennedy,
770
00:37:33,167 --> 00:37:35,207
that he would actually
keep the newspaper
771
00:37:35,253 --> 00:37:37,263
and sell the TV station.
772
00:37:37,797 --> 00:37:40,587
I went to the editor
of the Boston Herald,
773
00:37:40,633 --> 00:37:43,433
and we waged a campaign
against Ted Kennedy.
774
00:37:44,470 --> 00:37:48,810
We were on his case 24/7,
775
00:37:48,849 --> 00:37:50,729
and Murdoch just loved it.
776
00:38:11,163 --> 00:38:14,333
This was a picture
of Joey's 80th birthday.
777
00:38:16,002 --> 00:38:18,802
It was in a Helmsley hotel.
778
00:38:18,838 --> 00:38:20,968
Imelda was there.
779
00:38:21,007 --> 00:38:22,297
Gotti was there.
780
00:38:22,341 --> 00:38:24,051
It was some of the best people
781
00:38:24,093 --> 00:38:25,643
who have since been in jail.
782
00:38:25,678 --> 00:38:26,888
I mean, it was
one of those parties.
783
00:38:26,929 --> 00:38:29,809
jaunty music
784
00:38:29,849 --> 00:38:34,099
785
00:38:36,188 --> 00:38:39,228
I thought I'd throw
a little party for Joey.
786
00:38:39,275 --> 00:38:43,945
This is Joey's 80th birthday.
787
00:38:43,988 --> 00:38:46,738
His. Not mine.
788
00:38:48,701 --> 00:38:51,701
[Cuozzo] Cindy--among her
many, many aptitudes in life
789
00:38:51,746 --> 00:38:54,416
is that she's
the greatest party organizer
790
00:38:54,457 --> 00:38:55,617
that ever lived.
791
00:38:55,666 --> 00:38:57,456
-[partygoer] Hello.
-Hi, Jared.
792
00:38:57,501 --> 00:39:00,421
All the girls love me.
I can't help it.
793
00:39:00,463 --> 00:39:03,973
[Cuozzo] In the same room, you
had Alan Alda, Tony Bennett,
794
00:39:04,008 --> 00:39:08,638
the governor, Donald Trump,
and Barbara Walters.
795
00:39:08,763 --> 00:39:10,933
You get all these
extraordinary people.
796
00:39:10,973 --> 00:39:14,393
And I think that this is
the party of the year.
797
00:39:14,435 --> 00:39:17,555
Everybody who's anybody
is here tonight.
798
00:39:17,605 --> 00:39:20,145
Out!
799
00:39:20,191 --> 00:39:22,651
Henny Youngman told the
funniest jokes I've ever heard.
800
00:39:22,693 --> 00:39:24,243
Nice to see Imelda here.
801
00:39:24,278 --> 00:39:26,158
She's been in Israel,
planting a shoe tree.
802
00:39:28,032 --> 00:39:32,242
Joey, you look like you did
20 years ago: old.
803
00:39:32,286 --> 00:39:34,496
Joey Adams.
Sex takes a holiday.
804
00:39:38,292 --> 00:39:41,342
I really want to thank you,
on behalf of my Joey,
805
00:39:41,379 --> 00:39:43,049
that you all came.
806
00:39:43,089 --> 00:39:44,629
That the mayor,
and the governor,
807
00:39:44,673 --> 00:39:46,513
and so many of the people
808
00:39:46,550 --> 00:39:49,970
that make up the fabric
of New York are here.
809
00:39:50,012 --> 00:39:52,142
It's very meaningful to us,
810
00:39:52,181 --> 00:39:55,981
and I cannot tell you
how thrilled I am
811
00:39:56,018 --> 00:39:58,598
or as thrilled
as I can ever be,
812
00:39:58,646 --> 00:40:00,646
at $175 a head.
813
00:40:03,818 --> 00:40:07,028
The big joke that went around
was if you're indicted,
814
00:40:07,071 --> 00:40:08,451
you're invited.
815
00:40:08,489 --> 00:40:10,239
It was true.
There were all sorts of people
816
00:40:10,282 --> 00:40:12,832
who were in trouble
in one way or another.
817
00:40:12,868 --> 00:40:16,248
[Cindy] We had Gotti,
who was going to jail.
818
00:40:16,288 --> 00:40:18,918
Happy birthday, Joey
819
00:40:18,958 --> 00:40:21,458
[Cindy] Imelda was acquitted.
820
00:40:21,502 --> 00:40:23,302
Happy birthday
821
00:40:23,337 --> 00:40:25,297
[Cindy] And Leona Helmsley.
822
00:40:25,339 --> 00:40:26,879
She got into a problem,
823
00:40:26,924 --> 00:40:28,594
and they were gonna send her
to the can.
824
00:40:33,681 --> 00:40:35,351
Harry and Leona Helmsley,
825
00:40:35,391 --> 00:40:36,931
one of the world's
wealthiest couples,
826
00:40:36,976 --> 00:40:39,556
are charged tonight with
cheating on their income taxes.
827
00:40:39,603 --> 00:40:41,613
[reporter] The Helmsleys owned
vast amounts of real estate,
828
00:40:41,647 --> 00:40:43,017
including
the Empire State Building
829
00:40:43,065 --> 00:40:45,065
and a chain of luxury hotels.
830
00:40:45,109 --> 00:40:47,779
Their worth could be
as high as $10 billion.
831
00:40:47,820 --> 00:40:50,450
The government charges
that the Helmsleys renovated
832
00:40:50,489 --> 00:40:52,449
their $11 million
Connecticut estate
833
00:40:52,491 --> 00:40:53,911
and wrote the cost off
834
00:40:53,951 --> 00:40:55,951
as a business expense
on their taxes.
835
00:40:55,995 --> 00:40:57,905
suspenseful synth music
836
00:40:57,955 --> 00:40:59,285
[Cindy] Leona Helmsley was
837
00:40:59,331 --> 00:41:01,631
the queen of New York
for a while.
838
00:41:01,667 --> 00:41:03,787
She was married
to Harry Helmsley.
839
00:41:03,836 --> 00:41:06,796
Harry Helmsley
was the number one realtor.
840
00:41:06,839 --> 00:41:08,469
He'd been married a few times.
He met Leona.
841
00:41:08,507 --> 00:41:11,087
She was in
the realty business.
842
00:41:11,135 --> 00:41:13,005
She married him.
She's not stupid.
843
00:41:13,053 --> 00:41:15,143
[reporter] Queen Leona,
844
00:41:15,181 --> 00:41:17,811
mistress of, watchdog of,
845
00:41:17,850 --> 00:41:19,270
every elegant touch
at her palace.
846
00:41:19,310 --> 00:41:20,690
Comfortable?
847
00:41:20,728 --> 00:41:24,108
Am I comfortable?
I make a living.
848
00:41:24,148 --> 00:41:26,148
[Auletta] By all accounts,
849
00:41:26,192 --> 00:41:29,322
she was a miserable
human being and dictatorial,
850
00:41:29,361 --> 00:41:34,071
authoritarian,
abusive to her staff.
851
00:41:34,116 --> 00:41:35,906
-What do you do?
-[guard] Security.
852
00:41:35,951 --> 00:41:38,451
Security.
We don't need security here.
853
00:41:38,496 --> 00:41:40,496
Let's go outside.
We have people outside.
854
00:41:40,539 --> 00:41:43,379
-It's being repaired.
-No, no. That's dirt.
855
00:41:43,876 --> 00:41:47,336
How do you repair dirt?
Let's get it up.
856
00:41:47,379 --> 00:41:49,339
[Auletta]
The tabloids went after her
857
00:41:49,381 --> 00:41:51,681
because she was
sensational gossip
858
00:41:51,717 --> 00:41:53,507
and attracted readers.
859
00:41:53,552 --> 00:41:56,352
860
00:41:56,388 --> 00:41:59,348
The New York Post
didn't do her any favors.
861
00:42:00,100 --> 00:42:04,690
I mean she was great copy,
and they just savaged her.
862
00:42:06,899 --> 00:42:08,359
[interviewee] In fact,
it was a reporter
863
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:10,360
named Ransdell Pierson
864
00:42:10,402 --> 00:42:13,662
who worked at the Post
who first showed
865
00:42:13,697 --> 00:42:17,737
how she was cutting corners
and not paying her taxes.
866
00:42:17,785 --> 00:42:19,365
[Ransdell] She's a tough bird.
867
00:42:19,411 --> 00:42:24,001
I would pit her up
against people who have really,
868
00:42:24,041 --> 00:42:27,171
you know, been in the gutter
and have done those crimes.
869
00:42:27,878 --> 00:42:30,208
[Cuozzo] Supposedly,
people who worked for her
870
00:42:30,256 --> 00:42:32,166
in the Connecticut estate
that they owned
871
00:42:32,216 --> 00:42:34,086
quoted
Leona Helmsley as saying,
872
00:42:34,134 --> 00:42:36,184
"Only the little people
pay taxes."
873
00:42:36,220 --> 00:42:37,930
If the Helmsleys are convicted,
874
00:42:37,972 --> 00:42:40,272
they face penalties
of four years in jail
875
00:42:40,307 --> 00:42:43,437
and fines of $5,000
on each felony count.
876
00:42:43,477 --> 00:42:47,057
I am not going to jail.
I've done nothing wrong.
877
00:42:47,398 --> 00:42:50,478
I have done nothing wrong.
I'm innocent.
878
00:42:50,526 --> 00:42:54,236
My only crime is that
I'm Leona Helmsley.
879
00:42:55,906 --> 00:42:58,236
Cindy was one of Leona's
biggest defenders.
880
00:43:30,941 --> 00:43:33,781
pensive music
881
00:43:33,819 --> 00:43:38,779
882
00:43:44,121 --> 00:43:47,041
[interviewer] Why were you
so willing to defend her?
883
00:43:47,082 --> 00:43:49,172
What kind of a question
is that?
884
00:43:51,670 --> 00:43:54,590
Listen, I knew them
from the old days.
885
00:43:54,632 --> 00:43:58,802
I knew Harry.
I knew her in her heyday,
886
00:43:58,844 --> 00:44:01,814
when she was giving
glamorous parties.
887
00:44:01,847 --> 00:44:04,977
I didn't think
she had hurt anybody,
888
00:44:05,017 --> 00:44:08,307
if she was fixing up a home.
I didn't think that that
889
00:44:08,354 --> 00:44:12,324
was some dreadful thing
to put her away.
890
00:44:12,358 --> 00:44:17,238
891
00:44:30,042 --> 00:44:31,502
[Leona] Okay.
892
00:44:31,543 --> 00:44:36,723
893
00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:40,390
[Cindy] I thought,
"Take $5 million,
894
00:44:40,427 --> 00:44:42,257
if that's what it is."
895
00:44:42,304 --> 00:44:44,974
Give it to the poor.
Take her money away.
896
00:44:45,015 --> 00:44:48,975
Do something good for humanity,
897
00:44:49,019 --> 00:44:50,729
and give me a front page.
898
00:44:58,529 --> 00:45:00,069
Talking to you,
you get the feeling
899
00:45:00,114 --> 00:45:02,534
that you are a survivor.
That you will survive, no...
900
00:45:02,574 --> 00:45:03,834
-Oh, I am a--
-[Cindy] ...matter what.
901
00:45:03,867 --> 00:45:05,867
I'm a survivor.
I'm a survivor.
902
00:45:07,371 --> 00:45:10,541
I really and truly--
I don't like doing
903
00:45:10,582 --> 00:45:12,382
anything wrong.
904
00:45:12,418 --> 00:45:14,288
[Cindy] If anything happens,
what are your reserves?
905
00:45:14,336 --> 00:45:15,876
How will you survive it?
906
00:45:15,921 --> 00:45:18,841
In what direction?
If I went to jail?
907
00:45:18,882 --> 00:45:20,802
I'm not going to jail.
I've done nothing.
908
00:45:20,843 --> 00:45:22,893
Oh, she went to jail, kids.
909
00:45:24,430 --> 00:45:26,560
Time has run out
for hotel tycoon
910
00:45:26,598 --> 00:45:29,388
turned tax cheat
Leona Helmsley.
911
00:45:29,435 --> 00:45:31,015
As of four o'clock
this morning,
912
00:45:31,061 --> 00:45:32,601
she has a new address:
913
00:45:32,646 --> 00:45:34,516
a Kentucky jail.
914
00:45:35,065 --> 00:45:36,645
[reporter] Leona was found
guilty
915
00:45:36,692 --> 00:45:38,192
of evading more
than $1 million
916
00:45:38,235 --> 00:45:39,945
in federal income tax,
917
00:45:39,987 --> 00:45:42,317
guilty of charging $4 million
in personal expenses
918
00:45:42,364 --> 00:45:44,414
to the Helmsley businesses.
919
00:45:49,788 --> 00:45:52,458
Does she have any friends
at all?
920
00:45:52,499 --> 00:45:55,379
Not a lot, no, and you know,
921
00:45:55,419 --> 00:45:57,799
when you have friends
because of power,
922
00:45:57,838 --> 00:45:59,168
and you
suddenly lose the power...
923
00:45:59,214 --> 00:46:00,474
[interviewer] Yeah.
Goodbye friends.
924
00:46:00,507 --> 00:46:02,257
There's nobody.
There's nobody.
925
00:46:02,301 --> 00:46:04,261
She's got this big, indoor
swimming pool, in Connecticut.
926
00:46:04,303 --> 00:46:06,763
There's nobody in it
but the maids and the lawyers.
927
00:46:06,805 --> 00:46:07,845
Look, we all have
our good points
928
00:46:07,890 --> 00:46:09,480
and our bad points.
929
00:46:09,516 --> 00:46:12,596
One of my limited good points
930
00:46:12,644 --> 00:46:14,944
is intense loyalty.
931
00:46:16,648 --> 00:46:19,108
If somebody's been good to me,
932
00:46:19,151 --> 00:46:21,491
I will pay them back
forever and ever.
933
00:46:23,614 --> 00:46:25,784
But if you were evil to me,
934
00:46:25,824 --> 00:46:28,544
I'll get you either
in this life or the next one.
935
00:46:29,411 --> 00:46:33,541
My mother was in her 80s.
Very fragile.
936
00:46:34,541 --> 00:46:38,001
Not well mentally.
She had Alzheimer's.
937
00:46:38,045 --> 00:46:41,005
gentle music
938
00:46:41,048 --> 00:46:43,378
939
00:46:43,425 --> 00:46:47,135
She was in Florida,
and after Leona
940
00:46:47,179 --> 00:46:49,889
got out of prison,
she said to me,
941
00:46:49,932 --> 00:46:54,192
"Oh, I have this big home
and this big pool,
942
00:46:54,228 --> 00:46:56,478
and you must have
your mother come over."
943
00:46:56,522 --> 00:46:58,942
She pushed me, so my team--
944
00:46:58,982 --> 00:47:01,362
her nurses--
took her over there.
945
00:47:02,986 --> 00:47:04,736
I get a phone call.
946
00:47:04,780 --> 00:47:08,780
They have brought the marshals
947
00:47:08,826 --> 00:47:13,206
in from Miami
to throw my mother out,
948
00:47:13,247 --> 00:47:16,827
because the team of guys
who were taking care of her
949
00:47:16,875 --> 00:47:21,165
that I loved were gay,
950
00:47:21,213 --> 00:47:25,763
and Leona didn't want
anybody gay in her pool.
951
00:47:26,802 --> 00:47:30,972
And as a result,
she had the marshals come in
952
00:47:31,014 --> 00:47:35,104
and throw my 85-year-old
mother out.
953
00:47:37,604 --> 00:47:39,904
I explained to Leona,
954
00:47:39,940 --> 00:47:44,030
"I will see
that you are assassinated.
955
00:47:44,069 --> 00:47:47,949
I will kill you, maybe, myself.
956
00:47:47,990 --> 00:47:50,950
somber string music
957
00:47:50,993 --> 00:47:55,873
958
00:48:05,507 --> 00:48:07,547
You do that to my mother,
959
00:48:07,593 --> 00:48:09,183
the only creature I loved
960
00:48:09,219 --> 00:48:12,809
in my entire whole life,
961
00:48:12,848 --> 00:48:15,348
and you think I'm just
going to walk away?
962
00:48:15,976 --> 00:48:18,896
I'm going to walk away
with your head, Leona."
963
00:48:22,566 --> 00:48:25,356
She has an edge, you know,
964
00:48:25,402 --> 00:48:27,742
in what she says
and what she writes.
965
00:48:27,779 --> 00:48:29,659
You know, if you get
on the wrong side of Cindy,
966
00:48:29,698 --> 00:48:32,738
she can be merciless.
967
00:48:32,784 --> 00:48:34,044
Merciless.
968
00:48:35,537 --> 00:48:36,957
I never spoke to her again.
969
00:48:36,997 --> 00:48:39,247
I mean, I only had one thought
in my head,
970
00:48:39,291 --> 00:48:41,251
and that was to have her done.
971
00:48:42,252 --> 00:48:45,462
Killed. Shot. Banged.
972
00:48:45,505 --> 00:48:48,085
Run over.
Pick your thing. Poisoned.
973
00:48:51,720 --> 00:48:54,310
You have to watch, you see,
that I'm doing this for you,
974
00:48:54,348 --> 00:48:55,888
but you have to watch,
975
00:48:55,933 --> 00:48:58,103
because if I come off saying
all of these things--
976
00:48:58,143 --> 00:48:59,193
and that's the part
that you do.
977
00:48:59,227 --> 00:49:00,977
I will find you.
978
00:49:01,021 --> 00:49:03,731
You understand that?
I will locate you.
979
00:49:03,774 --> 00:49:05,444
[interviewer] I am fully aware.
980
00:49:06,234 --> 00:49:09,324
[laughs] Okay.
981
00:49:11,365 --> 00:49:14,275
dramatic music
982
00:49:14,326 --> 00:49:19,286
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